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Types of behaviors:

  • Markov chain: they will take portions of other comments in the thread, and chain them together, creating a new, often nonsensical comment. See /r/subredditsimulator for examples.

  • Comment copy: makes an identical comment that someone has already made. The syntax will be identical.

  • Imgur comment copy: makes an identical comment that someone has already made on Imgur. The syntax will be identical.

  • Comment repost: runs an image/gif through KarmaDecay.com and copies a comment from when it has been posted previously. The syntax will be identical.

  • New behaviors noticed

  • Makes an identical comment that someone has already made on a YouTube video. The syntax will be identical.

  • Submissions that have 1 word in the title which matches the subreddit's name, but are probably off topic.

Explanation:

https://www.reddit.com/r/catpranks/comments/41jmyf/cat_food_in_a_halloween_candy_bowl/cz3di38?context=4

Rules

  • Link directly to a profile. This prevents more than one submission of the same account.

  • Don't downvote bot comments. They delete the evidence when you do that.

  • Providing evidence of behavior in the comments section is encouraged but not required.

  • Make sure the account has at least 2 comments displaying bot behavior. Sometimes people just copy Imgur comments because they're lazy.

Why are we doing this?

  • I dunno, maybe these guys will all show up in Ben Carson's AMA or something.

  • Really, though, not sure where to go from here. Ideas?

/r/spambotwatch

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U/call-me-twiks seems to be asking AI OP's question and posting the answer.

https://www.reddit.com/user/Call-me-twiks/

1 day old.

Most posts to high traffic sub-reddits.

Replies are consistently either short or cut off abruptly.

consistently posted 3-5 posts per hour for the last 12 hours without apparent break.

All checked posts are directly to OP without addressing replies.

Multiple replies to the same posts within the same hour delivering basically the same info with changes to phrasing.

Near perfect, AI like phrasing and like grammar and punctuation with the main exceptions being the unnaturally ending/cut off posts.

0 Comments
2023/06/29
08:45 UTC

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New strategies for bots seem to have just showed up tonight

A sub I moderate had a bog standard Gearlaunch spammer hit us. Three accounts were involved. Another account called out the post as spam and was downvoted into oblivion as is tradition. There were also two reports on that comment that you could only see as a moderator.

This is really interesting.

5 Comments
2023/06/21
06:51 UTC

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List of Karma farming bot accounts that have been plaguing my subreddit

None of them have any comment karma save one that has 1. Some are banned, some are unavailable. I have been reporting them as spam and spamming them and banning them.

I know it's kind of paranoid but it always seems a new one posts whenever I won't be able to moderate for a few hours, like when I sleep or leave my apartment for a decent chunk of time. I said to my roommate last night before going to bed way later than I would ever normally, "If I wake up in the morning and there's a new post from one of these accounts in the 30 minutes after I fall asleep I'm going to lose my mind." Well I lost my mind.

These fucking accounts: Ancient Worry is the one that posted last night and broke me.

https://www.reddit.com/user/Rich-Elk542

https://www.reddit.com/user/Ok-Enthusiasm-7494

https://www.reddit.com/user/CommonWillow2243

https://www.reddit.com/user/Mediocre_Pin2578

https://www.reddit.com/user/Fit-Prize3553

https://www.reddit.com/user/Zestyclose-Monk-9175

https://www.reddit.com/user/NectarineMuch9495

https://www.reddit.com/user/Pretend-Cap-5393

https://www.reddit.com/user/LabDeep4592

https://www.reddit.com/user/Ok_Acanthisitta3751

https://www.reddit.com/user/OverallNeck3865

https://www.reddit.com/user/Puzzleheaded-Cry9206

https://www.reddit.com/user/Big_Screen_8803

https://www.reddit.com/user/Interesting-Tax-140

https://www.reddit.com/user/Nice_Mood_7137

https://www.reddit.com/user/PossessionTypical266

https://www.reddit.com/user/Ancient_Worry6438

https://www.reddit.com/user/Flat-Singer1842

https://www.reddit.com/user/Exact-Factor463

https://www.reddit.com/user/Due_Resist_8955

https://www.reddit.com/user/Spiderbunny8

https://www.reddit.com/user/Anonimabt

https://www.reddit.com/user/Upstairs_Coyote490

https://www.reddit.com/user/Ok-Jeweler2331

https://www.reddit.com/user/Exact-Factor463

https://www.reddit.com/user/National-Dust6067

https://www.reddit.com/user/Few_Resort6915

https://www.reddit.com/user/GlobalBarber7585

https://www.reddit.com/user/Interesting-Look-720

3 Comments
2023/02/24
18:20 UTC

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